2018 NBA Draft

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by j0Shi

I would rather have a player, but wouldn't be mad either. A month ago there were two big prizes in the draft, Ayton and Doncic. Now Bamba seems to make it a top 3. Much of the other names are only being brought/talked up because Mavs only landed #5. You really think we would be discussing Porter if we got #1 - #3?

This has been my top-3 for months now:

Ayton
Porter
Jackson

Obviously us trading the pick hopefully means that somebody smarter than me concluded that it's worth sitting this one out.

Or us TALKING about trading the pick is a way to get the teams ahead of us to pass on the player we want... Kinda like how the FO pumped up Ntilikina before last year's draft, then literally cheered when NYK picked him because they wanted DSJ all along.

[sefant77]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Kinda like how the FO pumped up Ntilikina before last year's draft, then literally cheered when NYK picked him because they wanted DSJ all along.

Because they thought they wont get him at #9. There were strong rumours of Dennis going to the Magic, i think he worked out even twice for them.

They had Smith over Ntilikina and cheered when the Knicks took the player who was lower on their board

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by sefant77

They had Smith over Ntilikina and cheered when the Knicks took the player who was lower on their board

Right, and the reason Ntilikina went over Dennis was because the Mavs hyped Frank up all summer -- it was misdirection... And I'm wondering if the "leaks" about the Mavs considering trading down due of concerns with Porter's health are also misdirection.